Mu Kanazaki

Mū Kanazaki
金崎 夢生
Kanazaki playing for 1.FC Nürnberg in 2013
Personal information
Full name Mū Kanazaki[1]
Date of birth (1989-02-16) 16 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Tsu, Mie, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 FC Ryukyu
Number 44
Youth career
1997–2000 Centro Tsunan
2001–2003 Tokan Junior High School
2004–2006 Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Oita Trinita 74 (8)
2010–2012 Nagoya Grampus 69 (9)
2013 1. FC Nurnberg 4 (0)
2013–2016 Portimonense 48 (16)
2015 → Kashima Antlers (loan) 27 (9)
2016–2018 Kashima Antlers 78 (32)
2018–2021 Sagan Tosu 46 (10)
2020–2021 → Nagoya Grampus (loan) 25 (6)
2021–2022 Nagoya Grampus 13 (1)
2022 Oita Trinita 13 (1)
2023– FC Ryukyu 0 (0)
International career‡
2007 Japan U20 4 (0)
2009–2017 Japan 11 (2)
Medal record
Oita Trinita
Winner J.League Cup 2008
Nagoya Grampus
Winner J1 League 2010
Runner-up J1 League 2011
Kashima Antlers
Winner AFC Champions League 2018
Winner J1 League 2016
Runner-up J1 League 2017
Winner J.League Cup 2015
Winner Emperor's Cup 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2023, 14:30 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 March 2018, 18:22 (UTC)

Mu Kanazaki (金崎 夢生, Kanazaki Mū, born 16 February 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays for J3 League club FC Ryukyu. He scored the two goals that won the 2016 J1 League final for Kashima Antlers over Urawa Red Diamonds.

Club career

On 25 March 2020, Kanazaki returned to Nagoya Grampus on loan from Sagan Tosu until 31 January 2021.[2] On 15 January 2021, following his season on loan at Nagoya Grampus, Kanazaki signed permanently for the club.[3]

On 24 February 2023, Kanazaki officially announced his transfer to FC Ryukyu after their relegation from the J2 League ahead of the 2023 J3 League season.[4]

International career

Kanazaki made his full international debut for Japan on 20 January 2009 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Yemen.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 February 2023.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oita Trinita 2007 J1 League 10 2 0 0 4 1 – – 14 3
2008 34 4 0 0 9 0 – – 43 4
2009 30 1 2 3 3 1 – 3 0 38 5
Total 74 7 2 3 16 2 0 0 3 0 95 12
Nagoya Grampus 2010 J1 League 25 4 2 0 3 0 – – 30 4
2011 12 0 4 0 2 1 4 3 1 0 23 4
2012 32 5 4 1 1 0 7 1 – 44 7
Total 69 9 10 1 6 1 11 4 1 0 97 15
1. FC Nürnberg II 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern 3 0 – 3 0
1. FC Nürnberg 2012–13 Bundesliga 4 0 – 4 0
Total 7 0 – 7 0
Portimonense 2013–14 Segunda Liga 30 7 2 0 1 0 – – 33 7
2014–15 17 9 0 0 3 1 – – 21 10
2015–16 2 0 2 0 – – – 4 0
Total 49 16 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 57 17
Kashima Antlers (loan) 2015 J1 League 27 9 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 36 15
Kashima Antlers 2016 33 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 38 15
2017 30 12 1 2 3 0 5 4 1 0 39 18
2018 15 7 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 22 10
Total 78 41 3 2 3 0 11 7 5 2 100 43
Sagan Tosu 2018 J1 League 15 3 0 0 0 0 – – 15 3
2019 31 7 2 1 4 0 – – 37 8
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 46 10 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 52 11
Nagoya Grampus (loan) 2020 J1 League 25 6 0 0 1 0 – – 26 6
Nagoya Grampus 2021 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 – 10 1
2022 7 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 – 13 0
Total 38 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 49 7
Oita Trinita 2022 J2 League 12 1 – 12 0
Total 12 1 – 12 1
FC Ryukyu 2023 J3 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 405 91 25 7 47 10 26 13 8 2 511 123
  1. ^ Appearances in Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in J. League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship, Japanese Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2009 1 0
2010 4 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 1
2016 4 1
2017 1 0
Total 11 2
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kanazaki goal.
List of international goals scored by Mu Kanazaki[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 2015 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 1–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 24 March 2016 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Afghanistan 5–0 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Oita Trinita

Nagoya Grampus

Kashima Antlers

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "金崎 夢生選手、期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp/ (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Mu Kanazaki announces transfer". nagoya-grampus.jp/. Nagoya Grampus. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ "金崎夢生選手 新加入のお知らせ". FC琉球. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ Mu Kanazaki at Soccerway
  6. ^ "Kanazaki, Mu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2017.


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